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Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Cars registered pre-2008 are taxed on the basis of engine capacity. Licensing authorities will amend the engine capacity of the vehicle, where there has been a change of engine, if the number and cubic capacity of the new engine have been certified by a main dealer, and motor tax liability is adjusted accordingly where appropriate. In the case of cars registered since 2008, the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses. This scheme will replace the 1995 and 2011 tenant purchase schemes under section 90 of the Housing Act 1966, which closed in June 2014 and June 2013, respectively. The new scheme will be open to local authority tenants in receipt of social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Expenditure incurred by my Department relating to the Water Sector Reform Programme amounted to €15.7 million to the end of 2013. The majority of this expenditure related to the domestic metering programme (€7.7 million) and the local authority staffing costs of the Water Services Transition Office (€5.7 million), which was put in place to ensure appropriate arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Expenditure (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The publication of details of beneficiaries under the EU Common Agricultural Policy, which includes the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme, was subject to legal challenge in another Member State. The European Court of Justice judgement prohibited the publication of certain beneficiaries and due to this Ireland only publishes details of payments to the Local Action Groups that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The 2002 National Spatial Strategy(NSS) was Ireland's first national strategic spatial planning framework. It aimed to provide the spatial vision and principles to achieve a better balance of social, economic and physical development and population growth between regions through the co-ordinated development of nine gateway cities and towns, and nine hub towns, together with complementary...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The results of the 2013 statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments, including details on length of time spent on waiting lists and other details br oken down by each local authority, are available on my Department’s website at the following link: . I am committed to delivering an increased local authority housing construction programme. In March 2014, my Department announced the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water can collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it. The Act also provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The information requested, which includes online motor tax renewals, is set out in the tables below. 2013 County/City (€) Carlow 16,258,206 Cavan 18,015,917 Clare 30,557,718 Cork 137,147,352 Donegal 37,668,079 Galway 62,698,165 Kerry 38,569,186 Kildare 54,216,747 Kilkenny 24,722,408 Laois 18,653,685 Leitrim 8,087,637 Limerick County 37,423,414 ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The issues raised by Monaghan County Council have been noted by my Department and will be kept in mind when decisions relating to the 2015 Rural Water Programme block grant allocations are being made.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. Irish Water has recently published its Proposed Capital Investment Plan for 2014 – 2016 and this is available on the Irish Water website, . The further progression of all water services capital projects is now a matter for Irish Water to consider. Irish Water has confirmed to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 248 together. My Department issued guidance on Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs) under cover of Circular LG 07/2014 of 29 May 2014 which states that the "spread of SPC chairs must, in accordance with the guidelines, reflect the political representational spread on the full council". Paragraph 6.2 of the these guidelines that accompany the circular...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2013 provided for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group and assigned the company the necessary powers to allow it to undertake the metering programme. Irish Water has confirmed to my Department that the water meters in use by Irish Water comply with the Measur ing Instruments Directive. In common...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Section 107 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Act 1992 provides local authorities with powers to require measures to be taken to prevent or limit noise. The Environment Section of the relevant City or County Council is the appropriate contact point for reporting a noise nuisance in this regard. However, these powers are aimed at mitigating noise of human origin emanating from any...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of measures which include the construction and acquisition of houses and apartments by local authorities and a pproved housing bodies, the regeneration of large social housing estates and flat complexes, estate-wide remedial works, energy efficiency and retrofitting...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Development of the kind referred to in the Question would require planning permission under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. The consideration of such an application would involve consideration of the requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 2011/92/EU , and the Habitats Directive 1992/48/EEC, as transposed in the Planning Act. A...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Priory Hall Development (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: In August 2014, my Department conveyed approval to Dublin City Council to proceed with the refurbishment works on the first two phases of the overall Priory Hall remediation project and to advance the planning of subsequent phases of this project.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The primary responsibility for the management of any waste, including costs for removal or disposal, lies with the holder of the waste, i.e. the natural or legal person in possession of the waste, or the producer of the waste. The Waste Management Act 1996 (as amended) imposes a general duty of care on holders of waste, under which a person may not hold, transport, recover or dispose of waste...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Records (18 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 251 together. My Department does not employ a qualified archivist to examine records for referral to the National Archives. However, my Department is in the process of providing appropriate training to staff who will undertake archival functions. In addition, my Department has an agreement with a commercial company for the storage of Departmental...

Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: I thank my colleagues for what I presume are their sincere good wishes. There is a very youthful look on the team on this side of the House. I thank Deputy Cowen for giving me the opportunity to address the issues associated with the Bill. Many issues were also raised by the four speakers. They might check the Official Report for today as some of those issues were addressed during...